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Recent Examples of motel
Glossip was convicted and sentenced to death in the killing of his former boss, Barry Van Treese, who owned the Oklahoma City motel where Glossip worked and died after being bludgeoned with a baseball bat, according to court filings.
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CBS News,
24 June 2026
The equivalent of promising your family a weekend away at an all-inclusive resort, and instead ending up at a dirty road-side motel with creaky beds and dripping faucets.
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Daren Smith,
IndieWire,
24 June 2026
Glossip had been sentenced to death over the 1997 killing in Oklahoma City of his former boss, motel owner Barry Van Treese, who was beaten with a baseball bat in what prosecutors have alleged was a murder-for-hire scheme.
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ABC News,
23 June 2026
How did the New York motel fire start?
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Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
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CBS News,
24 June 2026
The equivalent of promising your family a weekend away at an all-inclusive resort, and instead ending up at a dirty road-side motel with creaky beds and dripping faucets.
—
Daren Smith,
IndieWire,
24 June 2026
Glossip had been sentenced to death over the 1997 killing in Oklahoma City of his former boss, motel owner Barry Van Treese, who was beaten with a baseball bat in what prosecutors have alleged was a murder-for-hire scheme.
—
ABC News,
23 June 2026
How did the New York motel fire start?
—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motel
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The spa, curiously or not, is next door to a primate-research center.
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After 5 free live music in the spring, and a Sunday mariachi brunch at Mal Pan can flow straight into a spa afternoon and a martini tower at DTR SouthPark — no car needed.
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There is a smattering of mid-tier or boutique hotels in central Colima or the nearby village of Comala, and a few resort hotels in Manzanillo.
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This Phoenix suburb is known for golf resorts and spas.
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From the military to the mountains Like many other words in the English language, Hurd says, the word comes from the French word camp, which means temporary military lodgings.
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The plan is for the team to make a four-hour bus ride to Inglewood to play, and then return to lodgings in Mexico.
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Steps lead down from the house to the pool area, where a separate studio can be used as a pool house or for additional guest accommodations.
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But their employers rejected the workers' requests for religious accommodations and fired them.
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In Utah, federal land managers have closed public lands near the Cottonwood Fire as a precaution, and in New Mexico, forest officials closed campgrounds and trails near a wildfire burning in the Jemez Mountains.
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That’s one of the focal points of Centeroo, the hub for main stages, food and vendors; Outeroo is the area where campgrounds and secondary stages can be found.
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Home to a youth hostel and folk museum, Glencoe is mostly a destination for outdoorspeople looking to kayak, mountain climb, go trekking, or pitch tents.
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The government has arranged accommodation in hotels and youth hostels for the next few weeks, but finding more permanent accommodation for them in a city notorious for its tight housing market will be a challenge.
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Penny Lane The Lark Hotel Group has taken over a former motor inn that had seen better days.
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Michigan Lake Shore Resort, Saugatuck Lake Shore's retro vibe is the real deal—Joseph and Anna Milauckas built the place as a motor inn in 1952.
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Other than a rebranding from Goodnight Court to Classic Inn, little has changed over the past eight decades at the tourist court.
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No longer a tourist court, the building was reconfigured into a private home.
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“Motel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motel. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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